Levin
proposes to reform the federal government from its degenerate, bloated, imperial
structure back to its (smaller) republican roots. Even more interesting than
his specific proposals is the mechanism.

There
is a little-known “emergency cord” built into the Constitution by the
Founders. Find it in Article V. It allows for the States,
rather than just the Congress, to propose Constitutional amendments. It is
obscure yet entirely legitimate — and invaluable. It was extolled by
James Madison in The Federalist No. 43.

Meanwhile,
on August 15th, on the ground and the Web, a civic “Seal Team Six” —
of operatives and activists — has constituted itself as ConventionOfStates.com. (This
columnist has there enlisted as a foot soldier.) Its purpose? “COS seeks to call a
Convention of States for a particular subject—limiting the jurisdiction and
power of the federal government. This strategy would allow the states to
formally consider almost all of Mark Levin’s ‘Liberty Amendments,’ giving
delegates the freedom to propose the necessary amendments to stop the runaway
power of Washington, D.C.”

COS’s
president is Mark Meckler, head of Citizens for Self-Governance. Meckler
co-founded and co-coordinated the Tea Party Patriots, the largest and most
authentic Tea Party mega-group. He departed thence “to work more
broadly on expanding the self-governance movement beyond the partisan
divide.” Head of Citizens for Self-Governance’s Convention of the
States Project is the powerful and principled Michael Farris, Chancellor of
Patrick Henry College and Chairman of the Home School Legal Defense
Association. They are joined by Mark Wohlschlegel II, Executive
Director, Laura Fennig, Coalitions Director and Jordan Sillars, Communications
Director.